Riley Ginnell

ECHL 2024-25 Season Preview: Rapid City Rush

The ECHL season is getting ready to start, and the Rapid City Rush are only six days away from dropping the puck for the 2024-25 season. Rapid City ended the 2023-24 season with a record of 30-38-4, but they did end their season on a three-game win streak with a sweep over the Wichita Thunder. […]

ECHL: Allen Americans Sign Riley Ginnell

The Allen Americans have announced that they have signed 6’4″ forward Riley Ginnell for the 2024-25 ECHL season. Junior Career The Calgary, Alberta native spent his junior career playing in the WHL. In his five seasons in the WHL, Ginnell spent his time playing for the Brandon Wheat Kings, Moose Jaw Warriors, and Regina Pats. […]

Rapid City Rush Announce End of Season Roster

The Rapid City Rush, along with the rest of the ECHL, has announced their end-of-season rosters. Teams are allowed to have up to 20 players on their end-of-season roster. Rapid City’s roster consists of 13 forwards, six defensemen, and one goaltender. Of these 20 players, the Rush can reserve the rights of the players and […]

ECHL: Rapid City Rush Announce 2024-25 Protected List

The Rapid City Rush have announced their protected list for the 2024-25 season. Rapid City’s protected list contains 28 players with 17 forwards, ten defensemen, and one goaltender. In the ECHL, teams can protect as many players as they would like. If a player has signed overseas or is signing overseas and the team places […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Allen Americans | 3/27/2024

The Rapid City Rush faced off against the Allen Americans Wednesday night in the first of a three-game series. Starting Lineups Starting with the visiting team, the Americans had a forward trio of Solag Bakich, Mikael Robidoux, and Gavin Gould. They had a defensive pairing of Justin Allen and Ryan Gagnon with goaltender Marco Costantini […]

ECHL Series Preview: Rapid City Rush vs. Idaho Steelheads | 02/14-17/2024

The Rapid City Rush are welcoming the Idaho Steelheads to Rapid City this week for a three game series. Last Week Last week, the Rapid City Rush faced off at home against the Kansas City Mavericks. The Rush got swept by the Mavericks with final scores of 7-1 and 4-2. Even though they were not […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Kansas City Mavericks | 02/10/2024

The Rapid City Rush and Kansas City Mavericks faced off against each other to complete their two-game series on Friday night. Starting Lineups Starting with the visiting Kansas City Mavericks, they started with a forward trio of Justin Nachbaur, Max Andreev, and former Rapid City Rush forward Garrett Klotz, who played in his 600th professional […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Maine Mariners | 02/03/24

The Rapid City Rush and Maine Mariners faced off on Saturday night for the second game of their series. This time around, the game had a much different feel as both teams knew more about each other than Friday night, but one thing that stayed was the physicality. Starting Lineups The Rapid City Rush kept […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Maine Mariners | 02/02/2024

The Rapid City Rush and Maine Mariners faced off for the first time Friday night. What turned into a bad night for the Mariners was a great night for the Rush, who also celebrated many firsts. Related Post: ECHL League Transactions 2/02/2024 Starting Lineups Starting with the visiting team, the Rush had a forward trio […]

Rapid City Rush Re-Sign Former Captain Kenton Helgesen

Today, the Rapid City Rush announced that former captain and defenseman Kenton Helgesen has been re-signed. Last season with the Rush, Helgesen was only able to play in 41 games before his season was ended early with a lower-body injury. Through those 41 games, Helgesen had zero goals and 14 assists for 14 points. He […]